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NASA's Space Shuttle includes a reusable manned spacecraft capable of delivering up to 25,000 kg of cargo into low Earth orbit. The four primary elements are the Orbiter (Rockwell), two Solid RocketBoosters (Thiokol), External Tank (Lockheed) and three Space Shuttle Main Engines (Rocketdyne). A crew of up to eight (minimum two) is accommodated for up to 16 days in a shirt-sleeve environment. Crossrange maneuvering capability during unpowered descent to a runway landing is 2,035 km; acceleration loads do not exceed 3 g during ascent or reentry. In operation, the Shuttle is launched vertically with all main engines firing. At an altitude of about 45 km, after some 2 minutes, the boosters separate for recovery and refurbishment. The Orbiter continues under SSME power until about 8 min 50 s after launch, when the external tank separates for destructive reentry. Earlier missions required two OMS burns to attain operational orbit but a direct ascent technique is now employed, omitting the OMS-1 burn and relying on the OMS-2 burn at apogee about 45 min after launch.

----------------Autobot Shuttle is a giant shuttle for the Gobots and Transformers.It is many hundreds of meters long.It has hangars and is like a flying base.They have instrument sensors in them.They can carry hundreds of mecha beings onboard the shuttle.It has armaments like missiles and AA lasers to deal with enemies.Jammers.Can STOVL and hover to land.It can launch from a runway to space.Warp drive.Covert ops and recon.It is the shuttle Zarco Macross needs.It is multi role.Enigmatech systems and countermeasures.Defenses.HEL lowered to fire.